Necklace

Object Number:

AF5092

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Edo (Africa)

Provenience:

Nigeria
Benin Kingdom

Date Made:

19th century

Section:

African

Materials:

Copper Alloy

Description:

Copper beads, alternating with others of ring shape and one spiral copper coil.

Credit Line:

Purchased from W. O. Oldman

Iyare: Splendor and Tension in Benin's Palace Theater (01 Nov 2008 - 01 Mar 2009)

[Book] Plass, Margaret. 1959. Seven Metals of Africa.